Clematis are outstanding vines with many colors and forms. I plant the non vining integrifolias in my mixed borders and they just scramble around. We had cedar fences and arbors already that needed decor. I have some blooming from March to October. Daffodils are so easy and so many forms and colors too, not just yellow though the yellow is very cheerful so early in spring. Their foliage is easier to hide than tulips and they are more perennial. I have a lot of crocus and dwarf iris too. Huecheras have great foliage colors though root weevils are a problem here. Grasses come in so many colors and sizes, I just love their blowing in the breeze. Oriental lilies have fantastic fragrance and take up little space. Hostas have great foliage and some are fragrant. They light up the shade. Dwarf Rhodies stay small without pruning and bloom early with the daffodils. Many are grown and hybridized here they do so well. I have about ten small ponds so waterlilies are a natural. Hardy fuchsias do really well here with almost no care and they bloom and bloom and bloom. They don't need shade and as much water as the hanging basket types and aren't whitefly magnets either. I love the hardy geranium Rozanne. What a long blooming workhorse without the scraggly wilty growth of Johnson's Blue. Heaths and heathers are evergreen and some are blooming year'round. They are very easy and mix well with dwarf conifers. Daylilies, well I didn't realize that they all didn't bloom for just a week. Stella never did that well for me and she was supposed to be the longest bloomer so I didn't ever bother with them. I just don't have room for something that blooms a week. Then I moved Always Afternoon and was also intrigued by your posts here........I'm up to a couple dozen I think....

I'm already having fun making a list of gifts to buy. I won't buy anything until I have a match and know what they might like.

I think I fixed the mail problem on my page on the garden web, you should be able to use it now.

JoAnn, my life is too chaotic at the moment to commit to this swap, but you're so sweet to be organizing it. Hopefully by next summer I'll be able to be more social and join in these fun events. Over the years at the KT I have received such sweet, and usefull, gifts from spontaneous give-aways/contests - several hand-crocheted nylon scrubbies, two knit dishcloths, and a home-crafted soy candle. They were all delights to use. The dishcloth lady (?) insisted they be used for their intended purpose - washing dirty dishes! Oh the sacrilege; they were both so lovely and made with such precision. I did use one for ages to wash water glasses only; the other is still serving as a vase/candle/planter mat. It IS being useful and looking at it makes me feel special.